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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
May. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
James S. Dinh, Gig Harbor, WA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02M 1/00 ;
Abstract
Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a DC-to-DC converter package includes: a DC-to-DC converter circuit. The components of the DC-to-DC converter circuit that perform high frequency switching during converter operation are surface mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) so that the heat produced from the high frequency switching is approximately equally distributed at least over the portion of the PCB where the components are mounted.